ARTS RADAR

A new season brings exciting new exhibitions and the Sunshine Coast’s galleries, studios and arts centres have something for everyone!

Usc Art Gallery

UNTIL 6 AUGUST

LYNDON DAVIS: DJAGAN YAMAN time to consider how Millar Baker uses photography and storytelling to re-author history and assert the authority of memory and experience across generations.

Born and raised on the Sunshine Coast, the work of First Nations artist Lyndon Davis represents his deep connection to Country. The exhibition brings together painting, objects, moving image and sound to consider the way Davis’ practice is grounded in communicating the importance of custodianship and caring for Country.

90 Sippy Downs Dr, Sippy Downs Ph: 5459 4645 www.usc.edu.au/art-gallery

Caloundra Regional Gallery

UNTIL 26 JUNE

FEELING OF THE PLACE: FROM HERE TO THERE AND BACK AGAIN and Joanne Currie Nalingu (Gungurri). Explore Jennifer’s shields as a metaphor for strength and protection through to Joanne’s distinctive linear patterning symbolising her deep spiritual connection to the river. Attend the launch on 30 June from 6pm to 8pm!

26 AUGUST UNTIL 16 OCTOBER

SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE 2022

EXHIBITION

UNTIL 6 AUGUST

HAYLEY MILLAR BAKER: THERE WE WERE ALL IN ONE PLACE

From 2016 to 2019, cross-cultural artist Hayley Millar Baker produced five photographic series affirming Aboriginal experience and culture in a complex image narrative of place, family, identity and survival. This exhibition brings these five bodies of work together for the first

A deep insight into the extraordinary making of one of the Sunshine Coast’s favourite artistic travellers, Rex Backhaus-Smith. With works drawn from private and public collections, this exhibition examines the depth and breadth of Rex’s art and follows his expeditions from his early landscapes of outback towns to vivid works from trips to the top end to his own backyard.

1 JULY UNTIL 21 AUGUST

VEILED HISTORIES: WORKS BY LEADING FIRST NATIONS ARTISTS

In celebration of NAIDOC, this curated collection of works honours two extraordinary First Nations visual storytellers, Jennifer Herd (MBarbarum)

This dynamic visual arts award reflects outstanding contemporary 2D arts practice in Australia. Now in its seventeenth year, the exhibition presents the remarkable finalist works by established and emerging artists from across the country. Presented in partnership with Horizon Festival.

22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra Ph: 5420 8299 www.gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

ART SCHOOL CO.

Home to the creative soul, Art School Co. is a new destination for fine art supplies and art classes. Directed by award winning artist Jess Le Clerc, Art School Co. guarantees the best priced art supplies on the Sunshine Coast.

The Zone, 32 Wises Road, Buderim Phone 0491 756 172 artschoolco.com

Define Art

Local Artisan Collective showcasing and supporting our talented and amazing Sunshine Coast artists and creatives. Everything in our store is hand made here on the Sunshine Coast. Shop 91/1 King Street, Cotton Tree Phone 0437 141 786

Jennie Rutz

Exploring contrasts and contradictions in women’s lives. Acrylic paintings, prints, and framed prints, retail and wholesale.

www.jennierutz.com jennierutzcom

Maroochydore Library Artspace

UNTIL 18 JUNE

COASTING…

The artworks in Coasting… are about the free and easy lifestyle, and also the Sunshine Coast beaches and the perfect waves that have broken on them for millennia.

44 Sixth Avenue, Maroochydore

Ph: 5475 8989 www.gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ Exhibitions/Maroochydore-Artspace

Old Ambulance Station

UNTIL 9 JULY RUMINATE

Ceramicist Paula Bowie uses clay as her medium using found ochres, handmade slips, terracotta, white clays, and coloured oxides. She showcases ceramic pieces, usable vessels, free form wall art and installations to represent her love for geological rock formations.

15 JULY UNTIL 20 AUGUST ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

This exhibition is a collection of recent and retrospective works depicting the ephemeral world of traveling shows, roadside vendors, itinerant workers and entertainers.

Drawn from artist’s Jeff Manning’s work with puppetry, music, carnival workers and various entertainers including circus performers, magicians and musicians.

26 AUGUST UNTIL 24 SEPTEMBER

THE C WORD

Culture, Crisis, Comfort, Confusion, Cloak, Concealment, Cocoon, C… The C Word has as many understandings as the individuals who encounter it.

Kim Schoenberger takes this ambiguity and melds it into forms and structures that interrogate the societal stasis wrought by a global phenomenon. 80 Howard Street, Nambour www.theoldambulancestation.com

Stevens Street Gallery

UNTIL 30 JUNE

FEATURED ARTISTS

Immerse yourself in Tara Spicer’s enduring, self-contained innocence and contentment; discover the journey of women in current society with Jo Cook; explore the natural form and colours of the environment and landscapes with Wayne Clayton; experience Lorissa Manner’s expression of human stories and the beauty of landscapes; and witness Rachel Pedrana’s aerial photography capturing mesmerising fractal patterns and colours in nature.

2 Stevens Street, Yandina

Toni – 0414 687 895

Alicia – 0437 141 786 www.stevensstreetgallery.com.au

Buderim Craft Cottage

9 JULY

WINTER OPEN DAY & SILVERSMITH’S SALE

22 JULY UNTIL 31 JULY

NEEDLEWORK PATCHWORK & MACHINE EMBROIDERY EXHIBITION

11 AUGUST UNTIL 14 AUGUST

ART EXPO 2022

Art Expo 22 reflects the broad styles, media and techniques used by the members of the Painting Group. Join the Craft Cottage to browse their exciting range of artworks and be delighted by the diversity and prices of their paintings.

5 Main Street, Buderim Ph: 5450 1714 www.buderimcraftcottage.com.au

The Art Hub

Join one of our local artists at Sunshine Coast’s original Paint & Sip studio. You will feel right at home as you paint, sip and have some fun. Sessions are all BYO drinks & nibbles. Ages 18+.

The Strand, 19b-11 Bulcock St, Caloundra Phone 0447 799 878 thearthubsc.com.au

Tara Spicer

Tara calls to the wild at heart, the daydreamers and the escape artists. Her art immerses the viewer in worlds of childhood wonder, enduring innocence and self-discovery.

tara@taraspicerart.com

Phone 0417 231 350 taraspicerart.com

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